Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Churchyard Wall of Church of St. Michael and All Angels
Colwinston, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Colwinston, Cowbridge / Y Bont-Faen, Vale of Glamorgan, designated on 23 July 2003.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 23 July 2003
- Locality
- Colwinston
- Town
- Cowbridge / Y Bont-Faen
- Community
- Colwinston
- Unitary authority
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.46743, -3.52747
- Cadw reference
- 81330
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1637 · The fourth table of England. Cornub. Devonia, Somerset etc. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1865 · England and Wales. England No. 6. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1897 · 262 Pontypridd (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1897 · 262 Pontypridd (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Completely surrounding the Churchyard of the Church of St. Michael and All Angels.
History
Probably C19, but may be a rebuilding of an older wall.
Exterior
Wall of roughly coursed white limestone rubble about 1.2m in height, with vertically set coping stones and an iron gate at the south-east corner. It surrounds the churchyard of the Church of St. Michael and All Angels and has group value with it and the closely adjacent Old Parsonage (qv).
Reason for designation
Included for group value with the Church of St. Michael and All Angels, the Churchyard Cross and the nearby Old Parsonage.
Nearby in the register
- The Old ParsonageDomesticunder 1 mi
- Churchyard Cross of Church of St. Michael and All AngelsReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Church of St Michael and All AngelsReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Village HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.